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Frequency-dependent random fatigue of panel-type structures made of ceramic matrix composites

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The panel-type structures used in aerospace engineering can be subjected to severe high-frequency acoustic loadings in service. This paper evaluates the frequency-dependent random fatigue of panel-type structures made of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) under acoustic loadings. Firstly, the high-frequency random responses from the broadband random excitation will result in more stress cycles in a definite period of time. The probability density distributions of stress amplitudes will be different in different frequency band-widths, though the peak stress estimations are identical. Secondly, the fatigue properties of CMCs can be highly frequency-dependent. The fatigue evaluation method for the random vibration case is adopted to evaluate the fatigue damage of a representative stiffened panel structure. The frequency effect through S-N curves on random fatigue damage is numerically verified. Finally, a parameter is demonstrated to characterize the mean vibration frequency of a random process, and hence this parameter can further be considered as a reasonable loading frequency in the fatigue tests of CMCs to obtain more reliable S-N curves. Therefore, the influence of vibration frequency can be incorporated in the random fatigue model from the two perspectives.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Southeast University, Nanjing, PR, 210096, China

    Yadong Zhou, Shaoqing Wu & Qingguo Fei

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA

    Yadong Zhou

  3. Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA

    Xiaochen Hang

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, PR, 210096, China

    Qingguo Fei

  5. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11120, Serbia

    Natasa Trisovic

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Zhou, Y., Hang, X., Wu, S. et al. Frequency-dependent random fatigue of panel-type structures made of ceramic matrix composites. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 30, 165–173 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camss.2017.03.010

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